Tag Archives: J. Alex Halderman

J. Alex Halderman, director of the University of Michigan Center for Computer Security and Society, sees evidence that election results in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania may have been manipulated or hacked

By Mark | November 23, 2016

On Election Day, J. Alex Halderman, the director of the University of Michigan Center for Computer Security and Society, told the BBC, “Unless the election is extraordinarily close, it is unlikely that an attack will result in the wrong candidate getting elected.” Well, you all know what happened next. The whole election came down to […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, call to action, computer science, conspiracy theory, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, election tampering, fraud, hacking, Hillary Clinton, Michigan, Pennsylvania, recounts, Russia, University of Michigan, University of Michigan Center for Computer Security and Society, vote rigging, vote tampering, voter fraud, Wisconsin | 36 Comments

U-M helps expose vulnerability in electronic voting system

By Mark | October 27, 2010

Earlier this month, I told you about a University of Michigan team headed by Professor J. Alex Halderman that successfully hacked their way into a new electronic voting system launched by the D.C. Board of Elections. By altering vote counts, and having the electronic voting machines in D.C. play the Michigan fight song every time […]

Posted in Other, Ypsilanti | Also tagged China, Chinese hackers, election rigging, elections, electronic voting, Fair Elections Now Act, Fix Congress First, hacking, Hail to the Victors, Iran, Iranian hackers, Public Accuracy Test, University of Michigan, Verified Voting, vote tampering | 7 Comments

Hail to the hackers who protect our democracy

By Mark | October 5, 2010

Congratulations this evening are due to the folks at University of Michigan’s computer science department. Encouraged by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics last week to identify vulnerabilities in a new electronic voting platform, a U-M team, headed by Professor J. Alex Halderman, was not only able to penetrate the system, but to have […]